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Still Missing
by Chevy Stevens
1.5 ⭐️ The only thing I’m torn about is whether to give 1 or 2 stars.
From the very first pages, it sounds like Annie is just a guy who says, “why I oughta”. It was offputting. It sounded like she was a kid who just learned “bad words” or she was trying to sound tough. Either way, it was unnatural and made her unlikable. Annie, as a person, was all over the place—not in the sense that she was a victim and struggling in the aftermath, but in Chevy’s writing of Annie—she says that the coffee place has “killer java”, I was so confused. It sounded like a boomer cosplaying a millennial or younger because who says killer java? Around the same part, Annie says to the therapist—I think, I can’t remember at this point—that she likes her chunky silver jewelry because it has a chic grandma feel. Or something equally odd. Later, Annie and Christina are legit stoned on sugar and have the weed giggles (from sugar) and can’t even control themselves. Annie is all over the place. Who is she? I made a note that on pg 100 Annie sounds like a boomer again, but wanted to finish the book, so I didn’t elaborate.
I don’t think using the therapist as a mechanism for storytelling worked very well. It read very elementary. I was able to speed read those parts, and most of the monotony of the cabin routines with The Freak. I’m going to have PTSD from the word freak after having read the word countless times in just two chapters.
The writing was… painful. The first 3/4 of the book was so boring and repetitive.
The twist was the only redeeming quality of the book and it wasn’t even great. I did want to find out what happened and didn’t DNF it, so there’s that. I definitely wouldn’t recommend the book to any avid readers. I’m just not sure I’d recommend it to someone in a reading slump or someone getting into reading. Not sure who’s left. I’m happy it’s over.
From the very first pages, it sounds like Annie is just a guy who says, “why I oughta”. It was offputting. It sounded like she was a kid who just learned “bad words” or she was trying to sound tough. Either way, it was unnatural and made her unlikable. Annie, as a person, was all over the place—not in the sense that she was a victim and struggling in the aftermath, but in Chevy’s writing of Annie—she says that the coffee place has “killer java”, I was so confused. It sounded like a boomer cosplaying a millennial or younger because who says killer java? Around the same part, Annie says to the therapist—I think, I can’t remember at this point—that she likes her chunky silver jewelry because it has a chic grandma feel. Or something equally odd. Later, Annie and Christina are legit stoned on sugar and have the weed giggles (from sugar) and can’t even control themselves. Annie is all over the place. Who is she? I made a note that on pg 100 Annie sounds like a boomer again, but wanted to finish the book, so I didn’t elaborate.
I don’t think using the therapist as a mechanism for storytelling worked very well. It read very elementary. I was able to speed read those parts, and most of the monotony of the cabin routines with The Freak. I’m going to have PTSD from the word freak after having read the word countless times in just two chapters.
The writing was… painful. The first 3/4 of the book was so boring and repetitive.
The twist was the only redeeming quality of the book and it wasn’t even great. I did want to find out what happened and didn’t DNF it, so there’s that. I definitely wouldn’t recommend the book to any avid readers. I’m just not sure I’d recommend it to someone in a reading slump or someone getting into reading. Not sure who’s left. I’m happy it’s over.